#45C0CA#45C0CA

#45C0CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.107 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45C0CA
RGB	rgb(69, 192, 202)
HSL	hsl(185, 56%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(185, 66%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(65.8%, 5%, 0%, 20.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -30.36, -15.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 33.87, 206.32°)
OKLab	oklab(74.45% -0.0989 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(74.45% 0.107 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.9599, 43.2252, 62.5246)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45C0CA #CA4F45

analogous

#45CA91 #45C0CA #457DCA

triadic

#45C0CA #CA45C0 #C0CA45

tetradic

#45C0CA #9145CA #CA4F45 #7DCA45

square

#45C0CA #9145CA #CA4F45 #7DCA45

split-complementary

#45C0CA #CA457D #CA9145

monochromatic

#216D74 #2F9AA3 #45C0CA #75D0D8 #A4E0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#45C0CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#45C0CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45C0CA

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45C0CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45C0CA	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2B8CB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45c0ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 192, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.107 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#89d3da',
    500: '#45c0ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45c0ca;
$custom-light: #89d3da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45c0ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.511,
    "s": 55.649,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74451,
    "c": 0.10732,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45C0CA

secondary

#D29D99

accent

#5449DF

background

#F9FDFD

surface

#F1FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0D1414

muted

#7E8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #45C0CA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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